50 cent euro coins are made of copper alloy (Nordic gold). They have a diameter of 24.25 mm, a 2.38 mm thickness and a mass of 7.8 grams. The coins' edges are scalloped (ribbed). All coins have a common reverse side and country-specific national sides. The Eurozone (also called Euro Area, Eurosystem or Euroland) is the subset of European Union member states which have adopted the euro, creating a currency union. ... A microstate is a sovereign state having a very small population or very little land area - usually both. ... 1 cent euro coins are made of a steel core plated with copper. ... 2 cent euro coins are made of a steel core plated with copper. ... 10 cent euro coins are made of copper alloy (Nordic gold). ... 20 cent euro coins are made of copper alloy (Nordic gold). ... 1 euro coins are made of two alloys: the inner part of cupronickel, the outer part of nickel brass. ... 2 euro coins are made of two alloys: the inner part of nickel brass, the outer part of cupronickel. ... The reverse side of all €2 coins. ... The euro (EUR or €) is the currency of 12 European Union (EU) member states (Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain), four European microstates that had currency agreements with EU member states (Andorra, Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican City State), and two parts... An alloy is a combination, either in solution or compound, of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, and where the resulting material has metallic properties. ... Nordic gold is the alloy from which the middle three denominations of euro coins, 50 cent, 20 cent, and 10 cent coins are made. ...

Common side of all 50 cent euro coins Image of euro coinage. ...

Current national sides

Belgium Image of euro coinage. ...	Spain Image of euro coinage. ...	Finland Image of euro coinage. ...	France Image of euro coinage. ...
Germany Image of euro coinage. ...	Greece Image of euro coinage. ...	Ireland Image of euro coinage. ...	Italy Image of euro coinage. ...
Luxembourg Image of euro coinage. ...	Monaco 0,50€ monegasque coin File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...	Netherlands Image of euro coinage. ...	Austria Image of euro coinage. ...
Portugal Image of euro coinage. ...	San Marino 0,50€ Sammarinese coin File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...	Vatican 0,50€ Vatican coin File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

Future national sides

Estonia 50 Estonian euro cent The image above depicts a unit of currency issued by the European Central Bank (ECB). ...	Latvia	Lithuania	Slovakia Image File history File links 50centslovak. ...
Slovenia

External links

• National sides of 50 cent euro coins. European Central Bank. Retrieved on 2006-07-28.